Validity and reliability of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy in Mexican medial students;Validación de la Escala de Empatía Médica de Jefferson en estudiantes de medicina Mexicanos

Salud Mental

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Alcorta Garza, Adelina ^a,b   González Guerrero, Juan F ^c   Tavitas Herrera, Silvia E ^a   Rodríguez Lara, Francisco J ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^d  

^a Medicina UANL   (Mexico)

^b Universidad de Thomas Jefferson ^*  (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^d Universidad de Thomas Jefferson   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Empathy; Medical education; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; JEFFERSON SCALE OF PHYSICIAN EMPATHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEXICO; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 29944443682     PISSN: 01853325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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